This week, the top 40% of mathematicians who applied to the University of Oxford will be interviewed by leading tutors (possibly even professors) in the field. About 1 in 3 will be offered a place at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Now that I'm done shilling, who /one of the 40%/ here? I frankly didn't expect to get invited.
How did you prep? What college called you? Are you gonna get BTFO this week?
you don't get to call yourself a mathmo unless you study at cambridge
Daniel Martin
That's what I was thinking too. What are they called at Oxford? I don't think they have any cool names like that.
It's too late at night for you to be British. Are you a American too? I thought I did well on the MAT, but I got a terse rejection from Pembroke. Were you the one who applied to Balliol?
Ethan Morris
Someone please comfort me. Getting rejected has made me suicidal
Tyler Myers
>mathematics >interviewed don't attend the interview, not worth it. just do mathematics instead.
Charles Walker
How would I know if I ran into one of you?
Benjamin Jackson
You'd see stimmimg and hear autistic self-mumblings.
Nathaniel Richardson
You are not good enough. You lost your opprotunity.
Josiah Hall
Dick
I'll be wearing a Spider-Man watch ironically and a black parka, lel
Carter Bell
What are you applying to? I wanted to go for cs in Orbridge, but dodged the bullet and went for math degree in another uni.
Ethan Rogers
Merton math senpai
Benjamin Ward
I'm curious, how does one get selected?
This, besides that is a liberal arts pejorative for mathematics students.
>I thought I did well on the MAT, but I got a terse rejection from Pembroke. What do you think tripped you up, user?
What made you undesirable?
>t. Grigori Perelman
Autism is your secret superpower, anons.
Jackson Flores
>mathematicians who applied to the University of Oxford Applied for what, professorships?
Ian Morales
To become a student, kemosabe.
Camden Edwards
i dunno I applied only to the US
Justin Allen
no mathmos call each other mathmos way more than people studying arts subjects.
Maths students at cambridge already know that they're the most intelligent people at the university they're perfectly happy being a little self-deprecating. They almost feel a little embarrassed and self-conscious because they're so much more intelligent than nearly all of the arts students.
James Watson
So why do you losers call yourselves mathematicians then? Have you published anything original in mathematics? Do you apply mathematics in some other domain for a living? No? Then you aren't mathematicians. Way to confuse people.
Carson Gonzalez
That's quite amusing really, re-appropriating what was originally intended by the liberal arts students to be an insult, into a battering ram to beat the unintelligent with. A true siege of the mind.
Jordan Robinson
>mathmos
Juan Fisher
If you're a math pro you would have hedged your bets, so to speak, and applied to multiple prestigious programs.
Gabriel Gomez
>multiple prestigious programs In the same institution? Is that even possible?
Jace Allen
It's not, he's either memeing or braindead.
Should I reapply to Cambridge? I hate Oxford's gimmicky exam, but I know that the STEP is a quite difficult exam. (I also think that Oxford is superior, but at this point, I just want to get into Oxbridge before I jump off a building.)
Dylan Miller
I'll also be at Merton Oxford for the physics interview. I prepared by watching the mock interviews, talking to phys students from previous years and doing a simulation interview with my phys teacher.
Leo Jackson
Balliol here. Got rejected too unfortunately. Obviously quite disappointed, especially since I had already achieved their typical offer, but I'm not nearly as gutted as I thought I would be. Good luck to anyone who has their interview coming up!
Tyler Murphy
Why does the british education system seem so retarded from the outside?
Adam Taylor
What part of it do you find retarded?
Leo Fisher
I had a Cambridge one the other day
Ian Howard
Oxford or Cambridge for math? It seems like Oxfords test is easier, but Cambridge is pretty cool also. Also good luck with the interviews my dudes.
Thomas Lopez
Chemistry applicant at Lincoln here
it's /comfy/
Gavin Bell
...
Julian Nguyen
He just seems like such an interesting guy, I'd very much like to talk to him if he wasn't so awfully autistic and probably wouldn't even open the door.
Landon Gomez
>(I also think that Oxford is superior, but at this point, I just want to get into Oxbridge before I jump off a building.) Me too, user, me too. As for superiority, I know for a fact that in the mathematics league table for 2017, Oxford was ranked 1st in the country and in the Time's league tables, ranked as 1st in the world (somewhat bias, I think).
Jaxson Butler
How good do you reckon your odds are?
Dominic Nelson
American here. Are the interviews you guys always talk about for after 12th grade, or for after that?
Eli Nguyen
Bad phrasing, I meant are they for admissions to undergrad or graduate programs?
Hunter Nguyen
me too user. fuck those pricks
Chase Morris
The interviews they're talking about are the undergrad ones. They usually take place in your last year of secondary school
Nicholas Clark
Pretty good. bout 60%-70% ish I think.
Jose Phillips
What's your regime?
Benjamin Rodriguez
Why do you guys give so much of a fuck about whether the uni you go to is top 2 for undergrad?
>wordnik.com/words/regime >A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen. This one, user, this one.
Easton Hughes
I don't follow a diet and exercise is gay. as far as physics exercises go, physics Olympiad questions are always enjoyable.
Isaiah Sanders
Perfect, very detailed, truly a Coeus as he lives and breathes.
Aiden Smith
> exercise is gay What did he mean by this
Hunter Campbell
I got rejected for undergrad but got in for postgrad. It's possible lads, don't top yourselves
Anthony Ramirez
Really? For what course, and what suggestions would you give going with that route?
Cooper Smith
How, user?
Parker Fisher
same reason we call ourself for Veeky Forumsentists here
Isaiah Campbell
probably because if they are accepted in undergrad they will get good connections and will automatically recieve a spot for their masters or Phd if they wish to go that far
Jack Thomas
only homosexuals gets sweaty on purpose
Chase Watson
not maths, physics. Honestly the course I did was from a good uni but probably much easier than Ox, from what I hear undergrads have a horrific time with workload. Just make sure you work hard and get very good grades, like top 5-10% of your class maybe. Each year pester profs etc to try and get lab/work experience, and use this experience to make sure you have a solid internship for your penultimate year summer, because that's what your PhD/DPhil applications will be based on.
Justin Butler
Anyone wanna go bridge on thursday?
David Mitchell
So, for instance, for mathematics and physics double honours, go to somewhere like Exeter (still Russell Group) try for a 1st or 2:1 and then go into undergraduate at Oxford or Cambridge?
Andrew Diaz
>undergraduate I mean graduate, ffs.
Oliver Young
yeah exactly, definitely try for a good first though. Technically for a DPhil at oxford you only need a 2:2 but obviously that's bullshit. The most important thing is having strong grades and lots of research experience (not necessarily directly related). If you have that and can be confident at interview (i.e. not autistic like most maths/physics interviewees) then you will have a strong advantage.
Josiah Flores
>Go for the first >Don't be an autism Go it, thank you, user.
Jayden Powell
shit course even worse college
Christian Thomas
>ywn be able to do this I HATE MY LIFE
Bentley Diaz
How do I do well at interview?
Austin Martin
Have fun at imperial
Jayden Rivera
It’s so cute when you guys think you know how to write
Grayson Williams
>Is actually a BA in English literature Speak for yourself.
Brody Fisher
No, we call them mathmos too.
Just remember that if you didn't get in, you're probably worthless and should kys. Jk, but slightly not jk.
Asher Brown
>all these nerds ITT sweating over their careers
Truly an adorable sight to see
Gabriel Nelson
thats not at all what happend brainlet
Thomas Lopez
Thanks for this advice user. How hard is it to get professors to give you research experience?
Ian Wood
interviews should be over today. how did they go anons?
Gavin Gonzalez
Go on then, what DID happen? Mhm? Sources? Mhm? I didn't think so, show yourself out, BRAINLET! *stomps standing on your throat*
David Lewis
Fucking horrible Sweat so much it literally dripped off my forehear onto my sheet I froze, it got really quiet and I just got up and left Fuck Oxford, UCL here I come
Dylan Bailey
sorry to hear that any nice questions? also why not imperial?
Parker Wright
also what college out of interest
Ayden Bennett
get help pls user, small things like this shouldn't keep you down for long
Aaron Peterson
I worked so hard just to get blown out before even getting an interview
god i hate my life
Luke Cruz
Same here user, but was your ultimate aim to get into Oxbridge? If it was, then may as well kys now, but it was most likely just an easy means to the ends that you want. Don't give up now, keep working hard.
Xavier Green
I don't think calling a bunch of high school students mathematicians is correct in any way.
Sebastian Clark
It absolutely was. I can't imagine living one life and not having gone to the best possible university during that one lifetime.
Well, I guess I can imagine it, since that's what happened. FML
Jackson Martin
was it undergrad or grad?
Jose Sanders
I'm gonna apply to Oxford this coming year. When SJC says on their website that they focus on the MAT and that they don't care too much about interview, what exactly do they mean?
He's talking about undergrad. Postgrad at Oxford isn't nearly as prestigious.
Hudson James
Yes, because we are all published scientists within our respective field, academics building their careers... right? Y'all aren't undergrads or anything, right?
Charles Hughes
I'm from the US but Cambridge is a better place for math research, not sure about their teaching though
Dylan White
Unfortunately, distinctly average (and I don't think that's going to be good enough). Extracted several free meals though, so it's not all bad
Jonathan Morris
dw user you are genuinely saving yourself a lot of stress. The few friends i have at lodon unis seem infinitely happier.
Zachary Campbell
What questions did they ask? I had to rigorously prove that e^x > 0 for all x
Luke Wood
>undergrad then who cares mate, just go to a decent uni and work hard.
Colton Green
Got interviewed there two years ago but hmu with your questions pls.
Jordan Gutierrez
Because it is.
Sebastian Hall
What questions did they ask you?
Jose Rivera
>>Is actually a BA in English literature
Isaiah Lopez
Thanks, nice to bear in mind
3 interviews, here's the general topic of each of the questions: >binary numbers / rational points in [0,1] undergoing a transformation >whether certain configurations of slide puzzles were solvable, 'inversions' of lists >A and B flip a coin, C announces the number of heads and a random number from {0, 1, 2}, what can each figure out?
Oliver Lee
Had my Cambridge interview almost two weeks ago now, and I don't get told whether I have a place or not till 10th Jan
This is fucking killing me
Samuel Lewis
anyone applying for grad admissions ?
Jack Robinson
>the top 40% of mathematicians who applied to the University of Oxford i sure hope you aren't a kid who isn't even an undergraduate calling themselves a mathematician
Isaac Martinez
Wow the UK system is such bullshit.
Jackson Flores
I need to know how to get into one of these school let alone get successful interview comments
Gavin Taylor
What the fuck are you trying to say?? That sentence is indecipherable
Michael Nelson
Sorry, my intellect on literature and English is nothing compared to you guys
Sebastian Long
I had three interviews for maths and was quite speedy so lots of q's There was one about f(x+y)=f(x)f(y) One about sketching various three dimensional equations like z^2=x^2+y^2 The normal stuff, can't remember everything it was a while ago
William Gomez
>There was one about f(x+y)=f(x)f(y) This one in particular sounds interesting. Do you remember the specifics?
Mason Mitchell
>>binary numbers / rational points in [0,1] undergoing a transformation >>'inversions' of lists What the heck? They must have thought you were clever and gone hard-mode with you, because I'm not even sure what you mean by these.